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wkriski wrote:I know you've discussed exercise and fat loss before but I was wondering if you knew what percentage of fat people burn during the day if they are relatively sedentary. Is it all carbs or do they burn some fat?
So say someone has some excess fat and they require 2500 calories a day to maintain. If they ate very low fat would they still lose fat because each day the body would use some of the fat stores and some of the carbs that were eaten, or would the body just use carbs and only use fat once the glycogen stores are depleted?
wkriski wrote:Just looking for the optimal time to do cardio for fat burning as some people are saying to do it first thing in the morning after carbs stores are low. I actually found your article on this and agree that it's not really worth exercising first thing in the morning.
I've lost 27+ lbs of fat and am getting lean but some experts talk about time of day between eating and exercising. But if we burn 50/50 then it wouldn't really matter and overall calorie deficit would be more important. I tend to be in that camp.
wkriski wrote:Totally agree, some of the reasons I ask is that Robert Cheeke, vegan bodybuilder just did a video on his upcoming book and he talks about exercising in the morning to burn fat. I also read this a while back in Body for Life and a lot of people believe this.. Since I now have a Youtube channel and Facebook page I get a lot of questions so I'm trying to help people with facts and common sense. Also I just took an online nutrition course from Vanderbilt University with a guest professor who trains Olympic athletes and he believes in the time of day concept with eating and exercising, not based on entire day. I like the keep it simple and consistent approach. Do you have any scientific references for time of day exercising not really mattering for fat burning that I can reference?
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